antiquity

antediluvian
a person who lived before the Flood. —antediluvian,adj.antiquarianism
an interest in the customs, art, and social structure of earlier peoples and civilizations. —antiquarian,n., adj.archaeography
the field of description of antiquities. —archaeographical,adj. —archaeographer,n.archaeology, archeology
the scientific study of human remains and artifacts. —archaeologist, archeologist,n.—archeologie, archaeologic, archeological, archaeological,adj.Assyriology
the study of the language and culture of ancient Assyria. —Assyriologist,n. —Assyriological,adj.classicism
the principles or style of classic art or literature. —classicist,n.Egyptology
the study of ancient Egyptian language, history, and culture. —Egyptologist,n. —Egyptological,adj.epigraphy
the deciphering and interpreting of ancient inscriptions. —epigraphist, epigrapher,n. —epigraphic, epigraphical,adj.Etruscology
the study of Etruscan civilization, especially its artifacts and language. —Etruscologist,n.Hellenism
Ancient Greek culture and ideals. —Hellenist,n.lipsanographyRare. the research and composition of treatises about relics. —lipsanographer,n.momiology
the study of mummies.
paleography
the study of ancient writings, including inscriptions. —paleographer, palaeographer,n. —paleographic, palaeographic,adj.papyrology the study of ancient writings on papyrus. —papyrologist,n.post-diluvian
a person who lived after the Flood. —post-diluvian,adj.Romanism
the policies and actions distinctive of ancient Rome.

antiquity

Noun

(plural antiquities)

Ancient times; former ages; times long since past.

Cicero was an eloquent orator of antiquity.

The ancients; the people of ancient times.

(often constructed as an uncountable plural) A relic or monument of ancient times; as, a coin, a statue, etc.; an ancient institution.

Sentence Examples

Weissenfels is a place of considerable antiquity, and from 1656 till 1746 it was the capital of the small duchy of Saxe-Weissenfels, a branch of the electoral house of Saxony, founded by Augustus, second son of the elector John George I.

He greatly furthered the general knowledge of antiquity by the purchase of the papyrus discovered at Fayum, which was called, after him, the " Rainer papyrus."

El-`Azariyeh is a poor village of about thirty families, with few marks of antiquity; there is no reason to believe that the houses of Mary and Martha and of Simon the Leper, or the sepulchre of Lazarus, still shown by the monks, have any claim to the names they bear.

The only remnants of antiquity are two houses of the, 6th century in Little Bolton, of which one is a specially good example of Tudor work.

Roughness of construction cannot be regarded as a proof of antiquity, inasmuch as in some cases we find the additions less well built than the original nuraghe; and it is often clear from the careful work at points where it was necessary that the lack of finer construction was often simply economy of labour.